Glossary
The Prologue in Heaven in Anthroposophy
The Prologue in Heaven is the scene with which Goethe begins his Faust, set not on earth but among the spiritual powers. The Lord speaks with three archangels and with...
The Witch's Kitchen in Anthroposophy
The Witch's Kitchen is the scene early in Goethe's Faust Part One where the weary, aging Faust is rejuvenated by a witch's brew and catches his first glimpse, in a...
Wagner the Pedant in Anthroposophy
Wagner the Pedant is the scholar at Faust's side who trusts only what stands written. Steiner treats him not as comic relief but as a precise type: the intellect that...
The Pact with Mephistopheles in Anthroposophy
Faust's wager with the spirit of evil, the bet over a restless soul that can never be satisfied, read by Rudolf Steiner as the central trial of the modern age.
The Figure of Care in Anthroposophy
The Figure of Care in Anthroposophy is Sorge, the grey woman of Goethe's Faust Part Two who slips through the keyhole in Faust's final hour, breathes upon him, and blinds...
Faust and the Two Souls in Anthroposophy
Faust and the Two Souls in Anthroposophy is Rudolf Steiner's esoteric reading of Goethe's famous line, Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust, spoken by Faust before the city gate...